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 by Richard D. Call
-==== [[Genesis]] ====
+  * [[Old Testament]]
+==== Genesis ====
+  - The Creation (1-2)
+  - [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] in Garden (3)
+  - Rise and spread of the works of Satan (4:1-24)
+  - Lineage of the Priesthood (4:25-5:32)
+  - Wickedness of man before Flood (6:1-13)
+  - The Flood (6:14-8:22)
+  - [[Noah]] and his descendants (9:1-10:32)
+  - The [[Tower of Babel]] (11:1-9)
+  - [[Abraham]] (11:10-25:8)
+  - [[Isaac]] (25:9-27:46)
+  - [[Jacob]] (28:1-38:30)
+  - [[Joseph]] (39-50)
+==== Exodus ====
+  - Moses' call and preparation (1-4)
+  - Israel delivered from Egyptian bondage (5-18)
+  - Jehovah begins preparation for a holy people (19-31)
+  - Apostasy and repentance (32-33)
+  - Lord's provision for forgivness (34-40)
+==== Leviticus ====
+  - How to remove sin and become holy (1-17)
+  - How to maintain a state of holiness and acceptance before God (18-27)
+=== Numbers ====
+  - Preparation for journey from Sinai (1:1-10:10)
+  - From Sinai to Kadesh-barnea (10:11-14:45)
+  - From Kadesh-barnea to Moab (15-21)
+  - Balaam and the Moabites (22-25)
+  - Making preparations to enter Canaan (26-36)
+==== Deuteronomy ====
+Contains three speeches by Moses
+  - Recitation of events from departure from Sinai to the arrival east of the Jordan (1-4)
+  - Moses' account of instructions received at Sinai (5-26)
+  - Moses' final instructions to people, including the blessings and cursings (27-30)
+  - Last acts and words of Moses - Be strong and of good courage.  Joseph to gather Israel in last days.  Moses translated. (31-34)
+==== Joshua ====
+  - Entry into the promised land and conquest of land (1-12)
+  - Settlement of the tribes of Israel (13-24)
+==== Judges ====
+  - Introduction (1-3)
+  - History of the 12 Judges (3-16)
+  - Teachings about the cycle of idolatry (17-21)
+==== Ruth ====
+  - Time of famine.  Naomi moves to Moab.  Her sons marry, then later die.  As Naomi returns to live in Israel, Ruth, her daughter-in-law chooses to go with her. (1)
+  - Boaz negotiates for the right to marry Ruth.  Their first son becomes the grandfather to David.  The lineage of the Savior is established (2-4).
+==== 1 Samuel ====
+  - Samuel, the last Judge (1-7)
+  - Saul, the first King (8-31)
+==== 2 Samuel ====
+  - David, second King of Israel.  God blesses him (1-10)
+  - David, his transgressions and fall (11)
+  - David, the consequences of sin (12-24)
+==== 1 Kings ====
+  - The reign of [[Solomon]] (1-11)
+  - Kingdom divided - [[Rehoboam]] and [[Jeroboam]] (12-14)
+  - Wicked kings in north and south kingdoms (15-16)
+  - [[Ahab]], [[Jezebel]], and [[Elijah]]. (17-22)
+==== 2 Kings ====
+  - Elijah's ministry continued.  He is finally translated (1-2)
+  - Elijah's mantle transferred to [[Elisha]].  Elisha's many miracles (3-9)
+  - House of Ahab destroyed.  Various kings of Israel and Judah (10-16)
+  - Deportation of Israel (the Ten Tribes) by [[Assyria]] (17)
+  - Kings of Judah ([[Hezekiah]], [[Manasseh]], [[Amon]]) (18-21)
+  - Good King [[Josiah]] - seeks to reform Judah.  Purges the land of idolatry (22-23)
+  - Evil kings of Judah ([[Jehoiakim]], [[Jehoiachin]], and [[Zedekiah]]).  Jereusalem besieged by [[Nebuchadnezzar]], many taken to [[Babylon]] and the temple destroyed (24-25)
+==== 1 Chronicles ====
+  - Geneaologies - from Adam to David (1-9)
+  - Reign of King David (10-29)
+==== 2 Chronicles ====
+  - Reign of King Solomon (1-9)
+  - Divided monarchy and destruction of the kingdoms (10-36)
+==== Ezra ====
+  - Introductory chapters - events that happened 60-80 years before arrival of Ezra in Jerusalem (1-6)

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